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Married Couple Killed When Plane Crashes in Woburn

The plane crashed into the woods behind a house on Minchin Drive around 11 a.m. Saturday. The victims were identified as 65-year-old Dr. Michael Graver and his 52-year-old wife, Jodi Cohen, of Manhasset.

(Published Saturday, Sept. 15, 2018)

A couple from New York was killed following a small plane crash in Woburn, Massachusetts.

The plane crashed into the woods behind a house on Minchin Drive around 11 a.m. Saturday.

The victims were identified as 65-year-old Dr. Michael Graver and his 52-year-old wife, Jodi Cohen, of Manhasset.

Investigators say the couple was headed to Massachusetts to meet up with their child when their plane went down less than seven miles from the airport and just minutes before its scheduled landing.

Julianne Almeida heard something that didn't sound right seconds before the couple's single engine plane crashed.

"You could hear something was wrong," she said. "It was definitely like in the movies when you hear it coming down."

Dr. Graver was flying at the time of the crash and was a "very experienced" pilot according to his family, District Attorney Marian Ryan said at a 3 p.m. press conference.

The 2006 Columbia Aircraft LC41 departed from Republic Airport in Farmingdale, New York shortly around 9:33 a.m. and was scheduled to land at Hanscom Air Force Base in Bedford, Mass. just after 11 a.m., according to the Massachusetts Port Authority and the Federal Aviation Administration.

The Middlesex District Attorney’s Office, Massachusetts State Police, Woburn Police and Fire Departments, the National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB), the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) and the Aeronautics Division of the Massachusetts Department of Transportation are investigating this incident.